Events

Articles about notable events, ceremonies and occurrences.

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Dana Air Flight 992

Dangerously in Love World Tour

Dawson College shooting

Dawson College shooting (September 13, 2006)

Daytona 500

Daytona 500: NASCAR’s Premier 500-Mile Stock Car Race

Death by burning

Death by burning (immolation): history, methods and significance

Death of Azaria Chamberlain

Death of Azaria Chamberlain and the dingo controversy

Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Death of Diana, Princess of Wales (1997)

Death of Freddie Gray

Death of Mark Duggan

Death of Osama bin Laden

Debut

Debut: the First Public Appearance and Its Cultural Meaning

Decapitation

Decapitation (beheading): definition, methods, history and legal status

December 1

December 3

December to Dismember (1995)

December to Dismember (2006)

December to Dismember (2006) — WWE ECW Brand Pay-Per-View

Decimal Day

Decimal Day (UK) — the 1971 change to decimal currency

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Defenestration

Defenestration (throwing out of a window)

Demonstration

Demonstration

Demonstration (public protest and assembly)

A demonstration is a public gathering to express opinions or pursue change. This article explains forms, methods, legal rights, history, typical symbols, risks, and how demonstrati

Denmark Place fire

Denmark Place fire (1980): fatal arson attack in Central London

Destruction

DGM Barbados Open

Diamond Jubilee

Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II

Dick Cheney hunting incident

Dieppe Raid

Dieppe Raid (Operation Jubilee) — 1942 Allied amphibious attack on Dieppe

Disappearance of Etan Patz

Dissolution of the monasteries

Dreyfus Affair

Dreyfus Affair

Dublin and Monaghan bombings

Dublin and Monaghan bombings: 17 May 1974 attacks in the Republic of Ireland

Duel

Duel: ritualized personal combat to resolve honor disputes

Dulce Amor Tour

Dulce Amor Tour — Selena's 1988–1989 regional concert tour

Dunblane massacre

Dunkirk evacuation

Dunkirk evacuation

Dutch Grand Prix

Earth Hour

Easter Jeep Safari

Easter Rising

Easter Rising (1916) — Irish insurrection in Dublin

École Polytechnique massacre

ECW December to Dismember

December to Dismember (professional wrestling event)

ECW Heat Wave

Edict of Milan

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh International Festival

Edmonton tornado

Edmonton tornado (July 31, 1987)

EgyptAir Flight 864

EgyptAir Flight 864 — 1976 Boeing 707 crash in Bangkok

Eisteddfod

Eisteddfod: Welsh festival of literature, music and performance